- What is an Indy Bookstore?
- What do they Offer?
- What makes them different from Amazon and B & N?
- What do they offer their local community?
- What does the writing community on L.I. look like?
- How can the writing community and the Indy bookstores create an interesting environment for the L.I. reader?
- What does each of the Indy Bookstores visited offer that is unique?
Should Community be a by-word rather than Indy?
Author’s Wish List:
- Working with the bookstores to:
- Offer Speaker Catalogs (LIAG).
- Offer Author Fairs (all day events).
- Offer Book Launch opportunities.
- Do consignment agreements.
- Expand advertising for local authors.
- Pool resources including money to advertise in print and virtual media.
- Produce short videos to be featured on the bookstore’s websites and YouTube channel as well as the author’s websites (can be done by themselves or through The Writer’s Dream.
- Joint meetings with L.I. Writer’s organizations to improve outreach to the reading public.
- Offer discounts or other perks at author talks.
Article Posted By Author Linda Frank 04/14/2024.
Author’s Page At Book Marketing Global Network:
http://bookmarketingglobalnetwork.com/book-marketing-global-network/linda-maria-frank
